As has been noted, not a huge baseball fan, but as a city with a population fast approaching 700k, keeping up with Seattle's pace of growth, and a metro area population of around 2.5 million, I don't think supporting and MLB team would be a problem at all and the local economy would probably benefit from it.

Given the rivalry that has formed with the Sounders & Timbers, and the two cities general dislike for each other, that could quickly turn into one of MLB's better rivalries, assuming either team is playing Major League quality baseball.

Apparently baseball popularity is on the rise again, or so it seems. Whatever that means.

For the name, it would likely be a reference to the city's logging history (Timbers, Lumberjacks, Stumptown, etc) or to its pride in its river & bridges or coffee. It would also likely be something classic sounding and not something modern. Unlikely it would have anything to do with weed but who knows.

I wouldn't be surprised if they went with some kind of Sox, which would feel forced to me, like an obvious attempt to fit in and be recognized as legit. I also would be against any reference to beavers, which is a huge possibility.